> > I think the best solution would be to have one page with news <N days
> > old, and
> > then have a completely separate news archive where news are
> > categorized by
> > month/year/whatever. The former could have news from both Jakarta and
> > elsewhere on the same page, preventing people from having to check two
> > URLs
> > when reading news. The latter could have different categories for
> > Jakarta
> > news and other news.
>
> that's probably true but it would require active maintenance to keep it
> up to date. so, probably some sort of consensus would be needed amongst
> those who'll be doing this extra work before going ahead.

Huh? Surely the news items are entries in a database of some sort, or are you 
implying that someone actually modifies html files directly?! Having two 
lists should only be a matter of having two different db queries, e.g.
All news from year 2003:
SELECT title, time, body FROM news WHERE time>='2003-01-01 00:00:00' AND 
time<'2004-01-01 00:00:00'
All news from the last month:
SELECT title, time, body FROM news WHERE time='NOW() - INTERVAL 1 MONTH

> maybe it'd be cool to have a complete latest-first index of all news
> stories in the news index page. that way, not only would it be a useful
> resource but also it'd be a fixed page for people to book mark.

Yes.
(Well, it would be "cool" in the sense that it is "cool" that you can edit 
text in a text editor.)


- Marcus Sundman


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